The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian Air Force shot down a Su-25 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force during an air battle in the Yasnaya Polyana region of Donetsk.

According to the ministry, Russian forces have also destroyed “more than 1,800 Ukrainian air targets” since the special operation began on February 24.

The ministry clarified that “in total, since the beginning of the military operation, about 230 combat aircraft, 134 helicopters, 1448 drones, 353 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3904 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 706 multiple launch rocket systems have been destroyed.” launchers”, as well as 3084 units of field artillery and mortars and 4003 special combat vehicles.

It is noteworthy that, although more than four months have passed since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, there are no signs of its imminent completion in the light of the divergence of positions between Moscow and Kyiv and their stubbornness on the previously announced positions. .